Killisnoo, Alaska facts for kids
Quick facts for kids
Killisnoo
|
|
|---|---|
_LCCN2006677448.jpg)
Chief of Neltusken
|
|
 Killisnoo, Alaska
Location in Alaska
|
|
| Country | United States |
| State | Alaska |
| Census Area | Hoonah-Angoon |
| Elevation | 16 ft (5 m) |
| Time zone | UTC-9 (Alaska) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-8 (Alaska) |
| GNIS ID | 1423064 |
Killisnoo was an unincorporated community on Killisnoo Island in the Hoonah-Angoon Census Area in the U.S. state of Alaska, near Angoon which is on Admiralty Island. It is noted to have had a post office which closed in 1930. It has also been known by several names which include Kanas-nu, Kanasnu, Kenasnow and Killishoo.
History
_p493_KILLISNOO.jpg)
Killisnoo Island has long been inhabited by Tlingit people. In the late 1800s, the North West Trading Company built a fish processing plant at Killisnoo and many Tlingit moved from nearby Angoon and other areas to Killisnoo to work at the plant. The plant was destroyed in a fire in 1928 and most of the residents left Killisnoo.
The St. John the Baptist Church in Killisnoo was destroyed by fire in 1927, and the congregation built a new church in Angoon.
Like Angoon, Killisnoo has a less-rainy climate than most of southeastern Alaska, which is why Killisnoo is now the home of a fishing and hunting establishment by the name of Whaler's Cove Lodge.
Demographics
| Historical population | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Census | Pop. | %± | |
| 1890 | 79 | — | |
| 1900 | 172 | 117.7% | |
| 1910 | 351 | 104.1% | |
| 1920 | 256 | −27.1% | |
| 1930 | 3 | −98.8% | |
| 1940 | 26 | 766.7% | |
| U.S. Decennial Census | |||
Killisnoo first appeared on the 1890 U.S. Census as an unincorporated village of 79 residents. Although it was considered to be a Tlingit village, Whites outnumbered Tlingits by 44 to 33, with 2 Asians. It continued to appear until 1940, when most of the residents left. It was later annexed into the neighboring city of Angoon.
